It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.
True felicity consists of its own consciousness.
The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy.
Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.
Brave men do not boast nor bluster. Deeds, not words, speak for such.
If poverty makes man groan, he yawns in opulence. When fortune exempts us from labor, nature overwhelms us with time.